In the Heat of the Night (1988)
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
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Episode 1 - Brotherly Love (1)
Release Date: 1990-09-18Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
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Episode 2 - Brotherly Love (2)
Release Date: 1990-09-18Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
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Episode 3 - Lessons Learned
Release Date: 1990-09-25Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When a young prostitute is found dead Gillespie is shocked at her fathers reaction.Parker is dismayed when he recognizes one of the ladies.
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Episode 4 - Perversions of Justice
Release Date: 1990-10-02A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
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Episode 5 - And Justice For Some
Release Date: 1990-10-23Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
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Episode 6 - Hearts of Gold
Release Date: 1990-10-30Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silence an attorney who was threatening to stop her from inheriting her late husband's estate.
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Episode 7 - Quick Fix
Release Date: 1990-11-06The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.
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Episode 8 - Homecoming
Release Date: 1990-11-13A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he caused while drinking and driving.
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Episode 9 - A Problem Too Personal
Release Date: 1990-11-20Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
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Episode 10 - A Final Arrangement
Release Date: 1990-11-27Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
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Episode 11 - Family Matters
Release Date: 1990-12-04Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.
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Episode 12 - Bounty Hunter
Release Date: 1990-12-11Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty hunter, sent by the victim's jealous husband is already in Sparta and sees the man's sister as a means to locate his quarry.
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Episode 13 - Blessings
Release Date: 1990-12-18In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.
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Episode 14 - Shine on Sparta Moon
Release Date: 1991-01-08A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
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Episode 15 - Execution of Trust
Release Date: 1991-01-15A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.
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Episode 16 - Child of Promise
Release Date: 1991-02-05A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
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Episode 17 - Paper Castles
Release Date: 1991-02-12Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
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Episode 18 - Laid to Waste
Release Date: 1991-03-26Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
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Episode 19 - First Deadly Sin
Release Date: 1991-02-26A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
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Episode 20 - Just A Country Boy
Release Date: 1991-03-19Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.
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Episode 21 - No Other Road
Release Date: 1991-03-26Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three suspects in connection to a robbery/murder.
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Episode 22 - A Turning
Release Date: 1991-04-30Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.